Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23233, Phinehas Glezen, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Glezen, Phinehas
S. 23233
Living in 1832 - Not identical with Phinehas Gleason - N. 3277
CONTENTS

27075  New Hampshire
Thomas Glazen of Chester in the State of N.H. who was a private in the Comp y comman by Captain Wheeler - of the Reg t comman by Col Reuel in the Mil ia line for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 36 Dollars 67 Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Jan y 1834 and sent to Hon ble H. Hubbard H. Re
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 1833. $ 91. 67 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 34. 18. 33 $110.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book 6, Vol. 1 - Page 88.
Deed
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep r to 12 th Dec r 1840. Agent Notified 28 Feb 1842.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 27 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The adm rs . of Phinehas Glessen, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 67 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. to the 12 th Dec. 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Gassett.
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

No 25748
Phoebe's Glen Cheshire County New Hampshire
11. Months private 6 of Wheeler 6 of. Read
Am H Hubbard.
Thos M Edwards Keen cheshire Coly. H. Hubbard N Hampshire

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Phinehas Glore Hampshire County New
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sub. apt. 1775 — 1 12 private Capt. Budworth 75 years Sudbury Traditionary evidence paper   Vol. Nat. " — 1 12 " Capt. Wheeler Massachusetts Correct   Sub. Feby 1776 — 2 — " Capt. Wheeler   Enlisted 1776 — 3 — " Capt. Wheeler, Col. Reed   Enlisted — 3 — " Capt. Crafts  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Burney, Washington

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his.

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[2] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found; the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Application should be made to E. D. Bangs Esq. Secy of the State of Mass for evidence of the claimants service

25748 Declaration of Thomas Glavin Dublin Cheth 60 N.H.
R. Hubbard & R. J. May ad. H. private Capt. Whelan Col. Reed

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this Seventh day of November 1832 personally appeared in open  Before me me, Aaron Matson, Judge of Probate, for said County of Cheshire, at the dwelling house of the applicant hereafter named, he the said Applicant being unable to attend in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, Phinehas Phinehas Gleason  Gleason a resident of Dublin in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy five last July who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1st In the year 1775 that his father Phinehas Gleason was a member of a Company of Minute men at Ed- fieldbury, in the State of Massachusetts, commanded by Captain Gueworth - and marched in said Company on the alarm of the Lexington battle, immediately, to Cambridge Massachusetts - that in a day or two after the company arrived at Cambridge his father came up for the applicant to come down and take his place - that he went - and entered the said company in the place of his father who returned home, about the 23 d or 24 th of April and remained there in service about  Six weeks - that he reached home but a few days before the Bunker hill battle. -
2 d That in the same year he thinks in the month November he volunteered in Captain Wheeler's Company of Mass Militia, for Six weeks - and marched to Rox- bury near Boston, and was stationed in said Roxbury dur- ing said term and was dismissed there in December - was employed in guarding and part of the time worked on a bomb proof. - served in this service Six weeks
3 d That in 1776 in the month of February, as the then his father had volunteered for two months, and that the said applicant went as his substitute, in Captain Wheeler's Company, marched to Cambridge. - was stationed near the Colleges the whole term was there in this service when the British evacuated Boston - saw them leave. - was dismissed at said Cambridge at the end of the two months . -
4 th That in the same year 1776 he enlisted for five months to go to Tioughnioga, in Capt. Asahel's Company, in Col. Reed's Regiment of Mass Militia, marched about the first of July - directly to Tioughnioga was stationed on the Ti side - remained there until a few days before his term expired - when he with his company was marched towards Albany, and was dismissed at New City - While at Ti the British destroyed the American fleet on the lake - that he was employed most of the time in this service in fortifying. -
5 th That in the latter part of the war, the year he can- distinctly recollect, he enlisted for three months , to go to Albany on account of some disturbance from the Indian that he went directly to Albany before he joined any company, remained there four days when the Company came up. He thinks under Capt. Grafton - that he was marched up to New City - and remained there until he was

dismissed - which was then, thinks, & believes  about two months from the commence- ment of his service - it being found that there was no danger - That he was born at now East Sudbury, now in the County of Middle- sex and State of Massachusetts - in the year 1757 - July 31. - That he has a record of his age in his bible taken from the Town books at Sudbury. - That he lived at said Sudbury, now East Sudbury, when he went into all said services - That he has lived in said place aforesaid, where he now lives, for the last forty & more years, & removed from Sudbury to this place. - That he was a substitute in the 1 st & 3 rd services & a volunteer in all the others as before stated - That he does not recollect in his three first short services any other General Officers than Genl. Putnam - In his fourth service recollects, Genl. St. Clair - Genl. Gates - recollects that there were Continental troops at Ti but can't recollect names - In his last service that there were but few troops - only one Regt - the Colonel he don't remember. - That he never rec d any written discharge. - That he holds herewith all the proof of his said services which he has yet been able to obtain That Rev d Levi W. Leonard and Benjamin Perry his townsmen are acquainted with him and can testify as to their belief of his services - and as to his integrity.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Phinehas Hemen
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Mason Judge of Probate

hereby certify, that we are acquainted with who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be years of age ; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
I
Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare my their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named appli- cant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that
it appears to me them that the Rev Levi W Leonard who has signed an affidavit hereto annexed, taken out of Court to avoid inconvenience and expense is a Clergyman residing in Dublin aforesaid - and that Benjamin Berry who has also signed the same affidavit is a resident in said Dublin, is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to full credit. - and I further certify that the above applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity from attending in Court.
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter the application of Thinehas Gleason for a pension.
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth
day of November AD 1832
Asa Parker Reg. of Probate

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Phinehas Glezan Ser. File 23233
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * Apr 23 or 24 1775 6 weeks Pvt. Cadsworth Mass.   Nov. 1775 6 weeks Asahel Wheeler   * Feb 1776 2 mos. Wheeler   June or July 1776 5 mos. Asahel Wheeler Reed   Oct. 1779 2 mos. Crafts or Branson Dana  
* Substituted for his father Phinehas Glezan
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sudbury Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 7. 1832. His el was al.
Residence at date of application, Dublin Cheshire Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, born July 31 1757 in what was afterwards East Sudbury Middlesex Co. Mass.
Remarks:
No other data as to family

Revolution
23233
INVALID.
1909 March 10. Hush to E. G. Upton N.E.M.
File No. 23233
Phinehas Fletcher
Rev Rev 220
Act: June 7 th 32.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We Rev Levi W. Leonard a clergyman of Dublin in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, and Benjamin Perry of the same Dublin hereby certify that we are acquainted with Thomas Glover of Dublin who has made an application to be placed on the Pension list under the act of June 7. 1832 - That we believe him to be twenty five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Levi W. Leonard Benjamin Perry
Cheshire N.
Nov 22 1832.
Subscribed and sworn to Before me Joseph Appleton Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that Levi W Leonard and Benjamin Perry are abovenamed and are disinterested and credible witnesses. Joseph Appleton Jus. Peace

repo for Phenikas Glucuron
To 5 th floor

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Ss.
I Elias Thayer Clerk of the Supreme Judicial, being a Court of record, in said County of Middlesex, do certify that Eben Thayer Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within said County, and that his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his own proper signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 29th day of October 1833 —
E. Thayer.

I Ephraim Sherman of East Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged 76 years
do Testify and say, that Phineas Gleason formerly of East Sudbury, County & Commonwealth Aforesaid, but now of Dublin County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, enlisted in Captain Coram's Company and according to the best of my Remembrance Colo. Damer's Regt in the Month of October in the year 1779 For three months, and served but two months, and was stationed at Albany in the State of New York. I was a Soldier in the same Company, with the said Gleason and did duty During Two Months Ephraim Sherman
Middlesex ss Sudbury, Oct. 26 1933
Personally appeared the above named Ephraim Sherman and made Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition. By Him subscribed,
Before me Hon. Plympton Justice of the Peace
I Hereby Certify that the above named Ephraim Sherman is a disinterested Credible Witness
Hon. Plympton Justice of Peace

I John Barney of Washington County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, a Soldier of the revolution being eighty one years of age, depose and say that I am acquainted with Mr Phineas Gleason of Dublin in the County of Cheshire and State of Vermont, and formerly of East-Sudbury, Mass - That said Gleason was a messmate with me in the Army of the revolution at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts for the term of six weeks (I think in the year twenty five) and in the year following, was a messmate with Mr Gleason at Ticonderoga in the State of New York for and during the term of five months (I think in the year thirty six) - was born and brought up in the same town with Mr Phineas Gleason East Sudbury, Mass - and was well acquainted with him before we entered the Army of the Revolution
John Barney
State of New Hampshire } Sullivan County } ss
November 11 th A.D. 1833
John Barney personally appeared and made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth relative to the subject for which it was taken
Before me
Christopher G. Newton Justice of the Peace
I Christopher G. Newton do hereby certify that Mr John Barney the above deponent is a man of truth and veracity
Ch. G. Newton Jus. Peace
Cheshire Jp. Dec 13. 1833
I Salma Hale, clerk of the Superior Court of Indicture for said county certify that Christopher G. Newton is a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Cheshire Sullivan in said State, & I believe the two foregoing official signatures are his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Indicture
S. Hale, Clerk

Depe for A. Gluarea
To 3 rd & 4 th
Invoice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Whereas vs. I Elias Thayer Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of records, for said County of Middlesex, do Certify that Thomas Thayer Esquire, is a Sister of the Peace, within & for said County, & that his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his own prop- er signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 29th day of October 1833.
E. Thayer

I Henr. Plympton of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Aged 77 years Testify and say that Phineas Gleason Formerly of East Sudbury County and Commonwealth aforesaid Now of Dublin County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire enlisted in Capt. Asahel Wheeler Company & Colo- -riads Regt. For two Months. I was a Soldier in the same Company. Said Service commenced the first of Decr. 1845 and was stationed at Roxbury. Near Boston and was Discharged the first of February 1846. I Further Testify and say that the above named Phineas = Gleason enlisted in Capt. Asahel Wheeler Company and Colo. Reads Regt. For five Months. in month of June or July in the year 1846. was stationed at Ticonderoga in the State of New York. I was a Soldier in the same Company with the said Phineas Gleason and was Discharged. about the first of Decr. 1846. Henr. Plympton
Middlesex ss, Sudbury Oct r 28 1883 Then the above named Henr. Plympton personally appeared and made Oath to the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Thos. Stearns Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above named Henr. Plympton is a man entitled to credit and I consider a competent witness
Thos. Stearns Justice of the Peace

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Telephones, 3095 Main.
John K. Berry. Eugene B. Upton.
Law Offices of
Berry & Upton,
166 Devonshire St., Master Builders' Assoc'n Building.
Boston,
Feb. 15, 1909
04/27075 WIF#23233 Glynn
Old Army & Navy Bureau, Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I am in search of information regarding Phinehas Gleason who was supposed to have been born in Sudbury, Mass. 1757 and died in Dublin, N. H. 1840 at the age of 83 and at his death in receipt of a pension for services in the Revolution. Will you kindly furnish me his record during the Revolution together with any data that you can as to his birth and parentage.
Yours very truly,
E. B. Upton
23 233 PENSION A FEB 16 1909 U. S. OFFICE.